Analysis of 3:46 am



I still keep your photo in my wallet
and the letter you wrote me in my pocket
I talk about you to strangers as though we are still together
I like to myself in believing you remember the promises we made
although I’m sure you’ve long forgotten
I swear I never did


Scheme AABCDE
Poetic Form
Metre 111110110 00101110110 1101111011111010 111100101010010011 11111010 111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 273
Words 57
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 210
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted by jaxonhurst on January 23, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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